According to the latest capacity data from Alphaliner, as of February 1, 2016, among the top 100 global liner companies in terms of capacity, Maersk Line ranked first, Mediterranean Shipping Company ranked second, CMA CGM ranked third, Evergreen Marine Corporation of Taiwan ranked fourth, Hapag-Lloyd ranked fifth, and COSCO Container Lines ranked sixth. The seventh to tenth places are respectively: China Shipping Container Lines, Hamburg South America, Hanjin Shipping, and Orient Overseas Container Line. Cosco Container Lines and China Shipping Container Lines were not combined in this list.

Among the liner companies from the Chinese mainland that made the list, COSCO Container Lines ranked 6th, China Ocean Container Lines ranked 7th, Haifeng International ranked 24th, Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping ranked 27th, Zhonggu Shipping ranked 30th, Sinotrans ranked 39th, Shanghai Jinjiang Shipping ranked 62nd, Guangxi Hongxiang Shipping ranked 64th, and Shanghai Haihua ranked 66th. Ningbo Shipping ranks 85th, Dalian Xinfeng Shipping ranks 87th, and Tianjin Shipping ranks 88th.